On March 12th, 2011, LOGGIA OF CUPID AND PSYCHE…
…whose ceiling is laden with the most sumptuous depictions of all variety of fruit and vegetable was painted by Raphael at Villa Farnesina (1510), and was the highlight…
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On March 11th, 2011, TREVI…
…Fountain is what we attempted to see pre-tourist-mob this morning (first stop on today’s familial Roman highlights tour), at an early enough hour that we might have it…
On March 10th, 2011, THE PANTHEON…
…whose distant dome I have become used to seeing from my desk, was a first stop with family in town touring Rome’s greatest hits, what more to say?
On March 9th, 2011, TREE SUNRISE…
…with birds over the volcanic Colli Albani from the terrace windows at 6:56am.
On March 8th, 2011, FUOCHI D’ARTIFICIO…
…(fireworks) light up Rome over Piazza del Popolo viewed from my window tonight, closing Carnevale. A chiusura dell’edizione 2011 del Carnevale Romano, dalla terrazza del Pincio, un grande…
On March 7th, 0211, THE GREEN AURELIAN WALL…
…(the vast circuit of Roman city walls hastily built from 271-275 AD) is bursting with all variety of weedy green plant life after months of cool rainy weather,…
On March 6th, 2011, FRUIT TREE BLOSSOMS…
…in shades from white to pink are popping and promising spring in the back garden.
On March 5th, 2011, ROMAN APARTMENT BALCONIES…
…(from the Italian ‘balcone‘) is the private domestic outdoor space available to most Romans, which they try to make the most of – usually full of plants and…
On March 4th, 2011, UNDERGROUND ROMAN MOTO REPAIR…
…just down the hill from me, which I pass everyday on my way through Trastevere, is cool, as is any underground activity, space, home, institution or business –…
On March 3rd, 2011, MINI MOSSY ZEN ROOF GARDEN…
…is something I started messing around with a few months ago (featuring a miniature landscape of tufa rocks and scavenged blocks covered with pieces of moss varieties gathered on…
On March 2nd, 2011, MAPS AND CALENDARS…
…are what surround me now and, graphically speaking, are what give me the most visual and conceptual pleasure these days (maybe because I am a hyper-organized planning-freak who…
On March 1st, 2011, VALERIA DE FRANCISCIS…
…is the 95 year old newcomer/up-and-coming actress who plays Gianni Di Gregorio’s mother in his new film ‘Gianni e Le Donne‘ (a follow up to his 2008 low…
On February 28th, 2011, ‘100 YEARS FROM NOW’…
…the series of public Roman street posters by Academy fellow Jeremy Mende (depicted in one of Marco Raparelli’s portraits) are now showing up around town! (website)
On February 27th, 2011, CITTÀ DELL’ALTRA ECONOMIA…
…the center for activities promoting another economy (organic farming, fair trade, renewable energy, reuse and recycling, responsible tourism, ethical finance, open communication plus a ‘bio’ caffe’ and store)…
On February 26th, 2011, ‘ROMA MANGIA ROMA’ INTERVIEW #1 IN MONTEVERDE…
…this afternoon with a young local resident living in cozy top floor quarters of a 1930’s fascist apartment block (previously cheap working class housing, now expensive sought after…
On February 25th, 2011, ‘CASTING JESUS’…
…tonight’s live, recorded, and simultaneously projected three hour performance in Vatican City by Christian Jankowski at Ospedale di Santo Spirito in Saxia (the city’s oldest hospital, dating back…
On February 24th, 2011, MUSICAGE…
…the 1996 book by Joan Retallack (subtitled ‘Cage Muses on Words * Art * Music‘) features fantastic reflections on, interviews with, and poetry by this humane, earthy, soulful,…
On February 23rd, 2011, THE ANNUAL PRUNING OF THE OLIVE TREES…
…took place this morning in grand style with freshly cut dusty green leaved olive branches covering much of the ground after the garden crew had come through to…
On February 22nd, 2011, SCORES FOR THE CITY…
…the latest freely distributed print project by The Llano Del Rio (masterminded by Robby Herbst) describes, charts and maps (see the print side here) a certain special Los…
On February 21st, 2011, THE PEA REPORT…
…from the Roman Rooftop Homestead is very good indeed, with the happy plants beginning to climb up the pea-stake branches that were just installed for them, and today…